1 Shao Israel nanglakthüi Shembüpa touei mang thah, hatü Shembüpai jomphong Midian amei lak kü vangbong nyet shuoh.
Pinnyüi Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak hatü Shuah hathü büh.
Mechem Midian am bhei leihpüthü peijapa, jomi Joseph shüei kahsha leipü ngaiyei jomphongi büpa Ishmael am kü ngin kukha kü yutük, hatü jomi Joseph Ijiplei yah-ei lüdai.
Kushan am nyempü hanpü; Midian am kheüpü ngei eeteke.
Moab ami Midian am mübüthü kü, “Mohohbaongi thüng meakei hahpükei hapa khongi jen shonei nyupü lemphüli laiyei hahtükhen khih” shei eteke. Hanangkü Zipporlei cheha, Moab amei ongpa Balaki,
Shao meshük nyeishi ngei ehen? Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David hatü Samuel hatü thibüthü jung ehen hepaki nechangang.
büpai jom kü mongshih, hatü Philistia hatü Ammon ami jom neütük,
Hahepak kü Israel ami Shembüpa touei mang thah, hatü Baal kahvang chongphoteke.
Gideoni jangei, “Shejao longpüba, Shembüpa ham mü nyujema, mehekei hami henüng ponghahpa? Hamei bühipai ham kü thamabenüng hajük eküpeyü melei daipa? Shembüpai ham Ijip leipü müei neleiangpü je? Shejao shaang Shembüpai ham yakphong, hatü Midian amei lak kü ham shuohtükteke” shei eteke.